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Normally you would expect to hear good news when you see a stock rise more than 5% after earnings. The problem is that Arch Coal is losing money, just losing less than analysts were expecting.
On Friday, Goldman Sachs made two very unusual changes Conviction Buy List: one a master limited partnership and one a coal company.
ThinkstockCarbon emissions regulations recently proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been widely believed to be another (large) nail in the coffin of U.S. coal mining....
Fuel Tech is in the business of cleaning up the messy process of coal-fired power plants. The company delivers its air pollution control systems to utility, industrial and municipal solid waste...
ThinkstockWith new Obama-led EPA rules for coal-powered electric utilities out, investors and traders have had yet one more reason to dump their coal stocks. The long and short of the matter is that...
Analysts at UBS attempted to look forward two to three years to assess whether there will be more bankruptcies in the coal sector. Four stocks hit their radar screens.
ThinkstockCoal used to be the equivalent of gold for utilities. So what if some power plants and mills still use coal. It is nasty and it is the scourge of the green movement for clean energy and...
The natural gas revolution claimed its first coal-mining victim after markets closed Monday night. James River Coal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it tries to find either investors or...
ThinkstockCoal may have gotten some life after the price of natural gas surged in the cold winter months. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks that the coal sector’s long-term prospects are rising....
ThinkstockWalter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) is getting to find out all over again about the woes of coal. Its stock sold off with the sector last week after a Goldman Sachs analyst downgrade, and now...
Coal investors are getting coal put in their stockings early in 2014. Alpha Natural Resources is having a very rough end to its week as a result due to a nasty downgrade from Goldman Sachs.
Alpha Natural Resources reported smaller than expected net losses per share for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 before markets opened Wednesday. Shares were down in premarket trading.
CONSOL Energy reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Friday. Natural gas production rose but margins also fell in the company's coal business.
Peabody Energy reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday. The coal producer said it expects and increase in demand for 2014.
ThinkstockUsually when you see a 2030 or 2040 projection from an energy company, you would probably expect for the company making the presentation to be talking up their own book. So what happens...